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Chapter 9. A Lost Continent

           TheCanadianreturnedtoConseil.AssoonasIwasdressed,Iwentintothesaloon.Thecompasswasnotreassuring.ThecourseoftheNautiluswasS.S.W.WewereturningourbacksonEurope.

           Iwaitedwithsomeimpatiencetilltheship’splacewasprickedonthechart.Atabouthalf-pasteleventhereservoirswereemptied,andourvesselrosetothesurfaceoftheocean.Irushedtowardstheplatform.NedLandhadprecededme.Nomorelandinsight.Nothingbutanimmensesea.Somesailsonthehorizon,doubtlessthosegoingtoSanRoqueinsearchoffavourablewindsfordoublingtheCapeofGoodHope.Theweatherwascloudy.Agaleofwindwaspreparing.Nedraved,andtriedtopiercethecloudyhorizon.Hestillhopedthatbehindallthatfogstretchedthelandhesolongedfor.

           Atnoonthesunshoweditselfforaninstant.Thesecondprofitedbythisbrightnesstotakeitsheight.Then,theseabecomingmorebillowy,wedescended,andthepanelclosed.

           Anhourafter,uponconsultingthechart,IsawthepositionoftheNautiluswasmarkedat16°17’long.,and33°22’lat.,at150leaguesfromthenearestcoast.Therewasnomeansofflight,andIleaveyoutoimaginetherageoftheCanadianwhenIinformedhimofoursituation.

           Formyself,Iwasnotparticularlysorry.Ifeltlightenedoftheloadwhichhadoppressedme,andwasabletoreturnwithsomedegreeofcalmnesstomyaccustomedwork.

           Thatnight,abouteleveno’clock,IreceivedamostunexpectedvisitfromCaptainNemo.HeaskedmeverygraciouslyifIfeltfatiguedfrommywatchoftheprecedingnight.Iansweredinthenegative.

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